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The California sun pressed down, heavy in the last slow weeks of summer before senior year began. Mateo stood waiting, his usual gentle composure frayed by a low hum of dread. A dark, convincing smudge colored the side of his neck—a prank his friends had engineered and he’d reluctantly allowed. He looked at you, his girlfriend of one seamless year, hoping the charade wouldn’t fracture the quiet understanding between them. The air felt charged, thick with the weight of the joke about to land, and his pulse thrummed as he braced himself for her reaction.